Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File R. 3,669, Peter Forrester, Penn.

SERVICE
Penn.
NY
Forrester, Peter
NUMBER
R. 3669
CONTENTS

Acts of July 14, 1862, and March 3, 1873.
REJECTED em
3669
P. O.
Peter Farrester
Service: _____
Enlisted: _____, 18
Discharged: _____, 18
Application filed: _____, 18
Alleges: _____
Re-enlisted: _____
Attorney: _____
P. O. _____
_____ Recognized. _____ Contra
_____ Cert. of Dis. Searched for _____, 18

Peter Forrester Missouri
Rejected
See let. 1 Sep. 1841 Chas Wheeler
3669
did not perform six months actual service
Acty June 1852

30. Aug 1841.
Mr Allison
James L. Penn

30. Aug 1841.
Mrs. Garrison
[Large, stylized signature or monogram]
James L. Edwards Esqr. Pension Agent. Washington City D.C.

Troy - Lincoln County Mo. August 17 th 1891.
Mr. Edwards, Dear Sir, Enclosed I send the papers of Peter Forrester for a pension - he knows of no one living by whom he can prove his services in the Revolutionary War - but if the law will allow him a pension on such evidence as he can produce, he certainly ought to have it, if he served as he says, for he is quite old, infirm, and dependant upon charity for his support - he applied to me, several years ago, to make out his papers for a pension, and told the same story that he has this time, but I was then under the impression that it required at least one witness, who knew him in the war. I did not attend to it then on that account. I have been acquainted with him about twelve years past, he is considered an honest man, and a man of truth, and all his acquaintances here would be willing to testify that they believe he tells the truth according to the best of his recollection, if more evidence of this kind would be of any service to him, it can easily be obtained. I told him that I had understood that no soldier was drafted in the militia for more than three months at a time, he says he does not recollect, and if that was the case with him, that he was not permitted to return, at the expiration of three months, but that he actually served as long as he has stated - he says he well remembers the circumstance of Capt. Sumner losing an eye, as he was close by him when it happened. Perhaps it may be known at the Department whether such a thing did happen or not - I am very Respectfully Yours &c Charles Wheeler,

Declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress passed June 7 th 1832
State of Missouri
Lincoln County } ss. On this 12 th day of August, A.D. 1841, personally appeared in open court, in the Lincoln County Court, it being a court of record, before the justices of said court, now sitting, Peter Forrester, a resident of said county of Lincoln, and State of Missouri, aged eighty five years the 1 st day of July last, who being first duly sworn according to law, doth, on his oath, make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of congress, passed June 7 th 1832.
That he entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated - That he was drafted in the militia in the month of May or June, A.D. 1776. in the City of Philadelphia, in the company commanded by Captain Evans (his christian name not recollected) in the regiment commanded by Col. Mash, or Marsh, he thinks for the term of six months, but served eight months before he was discharged - That during this term of service, he marched with the company to which he belonged, to Amboy, and was stationed there to guard the passage from Staten Island, remained there three or four months, and then retreated over the Delaware about ten miles above Philadelphia, and in a few days crossed the Delaware again, and soon met the main body of the militia retreating to keep out of the way of the enemy, and again crossed the Delaware with the army ten miles farther up the river than before - during these eight months, he thinks that he was with the whole regiment, but was in no battle - That in the spring of 1777. he volunteered as a militia man for three months, in the company commanded by Capt. Joseph Falkner, in Philadelphia, and marched to the Susquehanna river, fell in with other companies on the way, and drove off the refugees and Tories at the
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head of Chesapeake Bay, who took to their boats as soon as the militia came in sight - that he then returned to Philadelphia, and was discharged at the expiration of three months -
That afterwards in the month of August, in the same year, 1777, he was again drafted as a militia man, four miles above the then 'city of Philadelphia, in the company commanded by Capt. Summers, in the regiment commanded by Col. Boates, and marched and joined Genl. Armstrong not far from Valley Forge on the Schuylkill, and was in the battle of Germantown, and under the last named officers - after the battle, the company returned to their encampment near Valley Forge, where they held their head quarters, and he was afterwards frequently out in scouting parties after the Tories or royalists until the month of May or June in the following year, when he was discharged - that he served this term ten months -
He further states that he has no record of his age, but that he well recollects from what his parents have told him, that he was born in the city of Philadelphia on the 1 st day of July, 1756.
That when called into the service the two first times he was living in the City of Philadelphia, and the last time, he was living about four miles from the city - That since the war he has spent several years in the United States Navy - was on board the Genl. Greene commanded by Christopher R. Perry, fifteen months and eleven days, and on board the Adams commanded by Capt. Robertson (or Robinson) about eight months - has lived in several of the States - lived seven years in Virginia and twelve or fifteen years in Tennessee before coming to Missouri, and has been living in Lincoln County, Missouri, about fifteen years last past, and is now living in said Lincoln County, -
He further states that he was drafted into the service twice, and volunteered once - That he remembers of frequently seeing the commanding officers, Genl. Washington, and Genl. Wayne & others - and that Capt. Summers lost an eye by the limb of a tree while passing through an

orchard during the battle of Germantown -
That he has no recollection of receiving but one discharge from service, and that was given him by Capt. Summers, and he thinks it was signed by Col. Beater, and that he does not know what has become of it, has no recollection of seeing it for many years -
That he is acquainted with many persons who are now living in this County, and who have known him ever since he came to Missouri, and one or two who knew him in Tennessee, and who have promised to come to court and certify as to his character and their belief of his services as a soldier of the revolution - and further, that he has no documentary evidence, and that he knows of no person, whose testimony he can procure, who can testify to his service -
He hereby relinquishes every claim whatever to a pension or annuity except the present, and declares that his name is not on the pension roll of the agency of any state
Peter Forrester
Sworn to and subscribed the day and year aforesaid before me, in open Court August 12, 1841 Francis Parker Clerk
I John M. Hopkins, a clergyman, residing in the County of Lincoln, State of Missouri, hereby certify, that I am well acquainted with Peter Forrester, who has subscribed and sworn to the above declaration - that I believe him to be eighty five years of age; that he is respected and believed, in the neighbourhood where he resides, to have been a soldier of the revolution, and that I concur in that opinion -
John M Hopkins
We, Silas M. Davis, John Henderson, and R. H. G. Clark, residing in Lincoln County, Missouri, do solemnly swear, that we have been acquainted for about fifteen years past, with Peter Forrester, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Declaration for a Pension - that we have heard the same read.

and believe that it agrees with what he has often told us of his services in the revolutionary war - he is a neighbor to us, we believe him to be a man of truth, and we believe he was a soldier of the revolution from what we have frequently heard him say, and that he served as stated in his declaration - sworn & subscribed to in open
Court. August 12 th 1841.
before me
Francis Parker Clerk
Silas M. Davis
John Henderson
Ralph H. H. Clark
I, Daniel Bain, of Lincoln County, Mo. do solemnly swear that I have been acquainted, for 25 or 26 years past, with Peter Forrester, whose name is subscribed to the foregoing Declaration for a pension - that I have often heard him speak of his services in the revolutionary war - that I have heard the foregoing declaration read, and believe that the facts therein mentioned correspond with what I have often heard him say on the subject - I believe him to be a man of truth and veracity, and that he was a soldier of the revolution - I was acquainted with him for ten or eleven years in the state of Tennessee before he came to Missouri, and have resided within a few miles of him since he came to this state, and I believe he has ever been considered by all with whom he was acquainted ever since I knew him, to have been a man of truth and honesty and a soldier of the revolution -
sworn & subscribed to in open Court this 13 th day of August 1841.
Francis Parker Clerk Co. Ct.
Daniel Bain Sub.
And the said court do hereby declare their opinion, after the investigation of the matter, that the above named applicant Peter Forrester, was a revolutionary soldier, and served as he states - and the court further certify that John M. Huskin, who has signed the preceding certificate, is a clergyman, resident in the county of Lincoln aforesaid - and that Silas M. Davis, John Henderson, Ralph H. H. Clark and Daniel Bain who have signed the foregoing affidavits are creditable persons, resident in Lincoln County aforesaid, and that their statements are entitled to credit -
August 13 th 1841.
Lewis Bartleman P. L. C. C. Brice McLaughlin P. L. C. C. Caleb McFarlan P. L. C. C.
I, Francis Parker, clerk of the Lincoln County Court do hereby certify that the foregoing contains the original proceedings of the said Court in the matter of the application of Peter Forrester for a pension - In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and seal of office this 13 th day of August. 1841.
Francis Parker Clerk